Barkeater Lake by Corey Pandolph for December 29, 2011
Transcript:
Chuck: Coach Tanzini! What can I get for ya? Delores: A decent newspaper. Chuck: 'Looks like you have a fine one right there in your hand! Delores: thbbbtt! I beg to differ! Chuck: Now, look here... You get your front page daily news, a laugh from the comics and a good soberin' up from the obits. Chuck: What more do y - hey! When did Bob Walker die? I used to date his sister way back when...
For nearly 20 years we lived in small towns who had twice-a-week newspapers. What passed for news in the rest of the world mostly came from afar on the wings of the few radio and TV waves we were able to snatch.